Title: Cant select database
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Cant select database

 *  [truckle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truckle/)
 * (@truckle)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-select-database-8/)
 * I’ve searched, but cant find the answer. This is my 1st attempt to use WordPress.
   
   I get the following on trying wp-config.php;
 * Warning: main(/homepages/31/d153095152/htdocs/article33//wp-admin/admin-functions.
   php) [function.main]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /homepages/
   31/d153095152/htdocs/article33/wp-admin/upgrade-functions.php on line 3
 * Fatal error: main() [function.require]: Failed opening required ‘/homepages/31/
   d153095152/htdocs/article33//wp-admin/admin-functions.php’ (include_path=’.:/
   usr/local/lib/php’) in /homepages/31/d153095152/htdocs/article33/wp-admin/upgrade-
   functions.php on line 3
 * If I alter the database name in wp-config.php to wordpress instead of db182719670,
   then I get the error Cant select database, etc as reported in other posts.
 * My database is named db182719670 by the sql database software at 1and1.co.uk,
   so I cant alter it, and it reports as present and ready. I’ve checked and copied
   the names exactly into the wp-config.php.
 * Can you help?
 * Thanks,
    Mike

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 *  [chaaban](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaaban/)
 * (@chaaban)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-select-database-8/#post-470443)
 * those errors have nothing to do with the database …
 * Files are missing in ur wordpress , are u sure u uplaoded all files ?
 * what you could also do is request a help from [Free WordPress Installation ](http://install4free.wordpress.com/):
 *  Thread Starter [truckle](https://wordpress.org/support/users/truckle/)
 * (@truckle)
 * [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-select-database-8/#post-470453)
 * I re-installed everything and its now working.
    Thanks! Mike

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 * [select](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/select/)

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 * Last activity: [19 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cant-select-database-8/#post-470453)
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